15 Best Pencil Drawing Courses Online
We compared 15 Pencil Drawing courses currently listed on Udemy and Coursera, priced from $19.99 to $179.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Japan Animation & Manga College. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $179.99
- Providers
- Udemy, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, Coursera, matched to "pencil drawing" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $179.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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1
Pencil Drawing - The Guide to Graphite
"Pencil Drawing - The Guide to Graphite" is a complete video course on pencil drawing with graphite designed for beginner and intermediate artists. The goal of this course is to provide the learner with a rich learning e...
$34.99listed price -
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How to draw realistic eyes like a pro
Learn the complete fundamentals of Drawing realistic eyes, so you can learn to draw professionally and level up your art game.You will learn new drawing techniques, and build upon your drawing skills, to produce be...
$19.99listed price -
3
Desenho de rosto fácil com a técnica alto contraste
Quer fazer desenhos de rosto de um jeito incrível e simples, mesmo sendo totalmente iniciante em desenho?Neste curso, você terá a oportunidade de:Aprender a técnica de ilustração em alto contraste, popularizada na Pop Ar...
$49.99listed price -
4
365 Days Hyper-Realism Mastery Program (Gold Plan)
This course is about Realism Drawing. You'll learn the complete process of making a realistic artwork, starting from downloading the reference picture to the ending by clicking the final picture of your artwork. Every le...
$124.99listed price -
5
Everyday Object Drawing with Pencil
If you’ve already learned the basics of character drawing, it’s time to take the next step — bringing life and realism to the world around your characters. While character design allows you to create expressive personali...
$139.99listed price -
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Ultimate Perspective Drawing Course for Beginners
Are you intimidated by perspective and its theory?Are you someone who tried perspective before but gave up too soon?Are you someone who thinks there is too much to learn?Are you someone who has difficulty drawing 3D shap...
$54.99listed price -
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How to draw and paint clown fish
During this class you will learn how to draw and paint clown fishes in watercolours. Here you will learn some drawing skills, how to apply fluid mask, how to apply wet-on-wet wash and then how to paint jellyfish in detai...
$19.99listed price -
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Sacred Geometry: Comprehensive Course
Geometry is an exploration of truth, the kind that is self-evident and universal. Where there is universal truth, there is also great beauty and from this a feeling of sacredness naturally arises. In this class you will...
$29.99listed price -
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Graphite Pencil Drawing for the Advanced Beginner
In Graphite Pencil for the Advanced Beginner, you will learn how to realistically copy a photo using a range of graphite pencils. My wish is that you will enjoy the process and be proud of the outcome. The spirit of the...
$99.99listed price -
10
Colored Pencil Drawing Course From Beginner to Intermediate
Colored pencil drawing is the most popular drawing field among artists and art students. Artists and students will be able to draw attractive paintings using different colors. In this course, you are taught the technique...
$179.99listed price -
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Manga Drawing Basic Course / Story Writing & Storyboarding
Offered by Japan Animation & Manga College
* There are no feedback from the pros in this course.In this course, the members challenge themselves to create original manga based on the Japanese folklore, "Momotaro".We had Kei Natsumi-sensei, a manga artist, draw a...
$34.99listed price -
12
Kickstart Your Creativity with Procreate: Draw Animals
Offered by Skillshare
Bring your art to life by drawing fun, whimsical animals while refining your unique creative style. In Week 3 of this creative journey with Lisa Bardot, you’ll dive into five new animal-themed drawing tutorials that are...
$49.00listed price -
13
Mindful Digital Art: 5 Prompts for Self Development
Offered by Skillshare
Breathe in…Breathe out…And breathe easy after cultivating mindfulness and personal development with Morgan Harper Nichols. From the start, Morgan Harper Nichols’ art has been inspired by the stories, people, and places a...
$49.00listed price -
14
Great Doodles Vs. Mud: Shading Essentials for Pen and Ink
This course is about how to make consistent, actionable progress drawing with pen and ink. And more specifically, how to doodle quickly and cleanly, without making mud.Have you ever wondered why some doodles look like ma...
$19.99listed price -
15
Expressionism Abstract Art Techniques with Acrylics
This Abstract Art Workshop is a course designed for anyone who likes painting, everyone who wants to learn, beginners, teenagers, or even intermediate students, all of you who feel happy while painting and wish to be cre...
$19.99listed price
Best Pencil Drawing Courses Online compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $179.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $160.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Udemy and Coursera. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Japan Animation & Manga College — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.